U.S. Geological Survey
Mineral Resources External Research Program - Reports
Reports from Program Year: 2004 | 2005 | 2006
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2004
| Principal Investigator(s) | Award Number | Final Report | Files provided |
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| John Dilles | 04HQGR0164 | The mineralogy and origin of hydrothermally altered Quaternary volcanic rocks on the south flank of Lassen Volcano, California | Download 04HQGR0164 report [PDF file, 1.4 MB] |
| Richard Fifarek | 04HQGR0171 | Magmatic fluid evolution from porphyry Cu-Au to high-sulfidation Au-Ag deposits: Fluid inclusion evidence from the Pierina (Peru) and Summitville (USA) deposits | Download 04HQGR0171 report [PDF file, 1.4 MB] Download 4 Excel data tables: Table 1 [24 KB], Table 2 [84 KB], Table 3 [54 KB], Table 4 [188 KB] |
| Paul Layer, Rainer Newberry | 04HQGR0163 | A long-term effort to determine 40 Ar/39Ar ages of Alaskan mineral deposits | Download 04HQGR0163 report [PDF file, 1.7 MB] |
| Reed Lewis, Jeffrey Vervoort | 04HQGR0153 | Detrital zircon analysis of Mesoproterozoic and Neoproterozoic high-grade metasedimentary rocks of north-central Idaho: Reduction of the mapped extent of the Belt basin | Download 04HQGR0153 report [PDF file, 1.4 MB] |
| Joann Mossa | 04HQGR0178 | River corridor sand and gravel mining, Louisiana and Mississippi: A database and comparison of different data sources AND Planform change rates in rivers with and without instream and floodplain sand and gravel mining: Assessing instability in the Pascagoula River and tributaries, Mississippi | Download 04HQGR0178 report 1 (River corridor …) [PDF file, 2.2 MB] Download 04HQGR0178 report 2 (Planform change …) [PDF file, 996 KB] Download Sand-Gravel-Mines Access database [Access database file, 44.2 MB] Metadata files [XML format): 1 [12 KB], 2 [16 KB], 3 [16 KB], 4 [16 KB], 5 [16 KB], 6 [16 KB], 7 [16 KB], 8 [12 KB], 9 [16 KB], 10 [12 KB], 11 [12 KB], 12 [12 KB] |
| Philippe Ross, James Ranville | 04HQGR0154 | Evaluating the influence of soil geochemical characteristics on metal bioavailability | Download 04HQGR0154 report [PDF file, 5.1 |
2005
| Principal Investigator(s) | Award Number | Final Report | Files provided |
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| Michael Brown, Boswell Wing, Sarah Penniston-Dorland | 05HQGR0158 | Petrogenesis of the Platreef, Bushveld Complex, South Africa, Interrogated Using Mass-Independent Sulfur Isotopes | Download 05HQGR0158 report [PDF file, |
| Lang Farmer | 05HQGR0160 | Petrogenesis of Cretaceous, Gold-Related Plutons, Eastern Tintina Gold Province (TGP), Alaska and Yukon: Implications for Ore Genesis and Resource Distribution in the Northern Cordillera | Download 05HQGR0160 report [PDF file, 512 MB] |
| Edmond A. Mathez | 05HQGR0155 | Investigations of the Geochemical Evolution of the Stillwater Complex and Origin of Platinum Group Element Deposits from Analysis of Lead Isotopes | Download 05HQGR0155 report [PDF file, 404 KB] |
| Pat Mueller, David A. Foster | 05HQGR0156 | Relationship of Lithospheric Age and Composition to Mineral Resources Within, Beneath, and Adjacent to the Belt Basin | Download 05HQGR0156 report [PDF file, 268 KB] |
| James A. Saunders, Willis E. Hames | 05HQGR0153 | Geochronology of Volcanic-hosted Low Sulfidation Au-Ag Deposits in the Winnemucca-Sleeper Mine Area, North Great Basin, USA | Download 05HQGR0153 report [PDF file, 4.6 MB] |
| Aaron J. Slowey, Gordon E. Brown, Jr. | 05HQGR0154 | Environmental Chemistry of Mercury in Sulfidogenic Sediments: A Key to Understanding the Ecological Impact of Mercury and Gold Mining | Download 05HQGR0154 report [PDF file, 824 KB] |
2006
| Principal Investigator(s) | Award Number | Final Report | Files provided | |
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| Martin S. Appold | 06HQGR0178 | Comparative Analysis of Fluid Inclusion Geochemistries from World-Class and Small-Scale Zn-Pb Deposits in the Ozark Plateau Using Laser Ablation ICP-MS and Raman Spectroscopy | Not available at this time | |
| Robert B. Blodgett |
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Devonian-Pennsylvanian Paleographic Reconstruction of the Arctic Alaska Terrane and Its Relation to Sedimentary-Hosted Ore Deposits | Download 06HQGR0199 report [PDF file, 1,509 KB] |
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| Jean S. Cline | 06HQGR0179 | Collaborative Research on Fluid Pathways and Metal Transport in Carlin-Type Gold Deposits: Insights from the Getchell Deposit | Not available at this time | |
| Virginia S. Gillerman | 06HQGR0170 | Geochronology of Iron Oxide-Copper-Thorium-REE Mineralization in Proterozoic Rocks at Lemhi Pass, Idaho, and a Comparison to Copper-Cobalt Ores, Blackbird Mining District, Idaho | Not available at this time | |
| Matthew T. Heizler | 06HQGR0172 | 40 Ar/ 39Ar Geochronology of Colorado Mineral Belt Magmatism | Download 06HQGR0172 report [PDF file, 9,444 |
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| Kenneth A. Hickey and Richard M. Tosdal | 06HQGR0182 | Defining Spatio-Temporal Patterns in Hydrothermal Flow Using Apatite Fission-Track Thermochronology; Implications for the Genesis of Carlin-Type Au-Deposits in North-Central Nevada | Not available at this time | |
| Christopher S. Kim | 06HQGR0181 | Characterizing the Speciation, Distribution, and Correlation of Heavy Metals in Mine Wastes Using Synchrotron Radiation Techniques | Download 06HQGR0181 report [PDF file, |
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| Andreas Luttge | 06HQGR0175 | Sulfide Dissolution Rates Studied by Vertical Scanning Interferometry: Comparison with and Application to Studies in Laboratory and Natural Setting | Download 06HQGR0175 report [PDF file, 480 KB] |
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| Jeffrey L. Mauk | 06HQGR0173 | Magnetite in Hydrothermal Orebodies and Host Rocks in the Proterozoic Belt Supergroup | Not available at this time | |
| David B. Mueller and Thomas E. Graedel | 06HQGR0174 | Service Lifetimes of Mineral End Uses: Analyzing Potential for Increased Use of Secondary Metals | Download 06HQGR0174 report [PDF file, 268 KB] |
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| John M. Proffett | 06HQGR0171 | The Geology and Genesis of the Yerington Porphyry Copper District: A Four Dimensional Study | Download 06HQGR0171 report |
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| John Ridley | 06HQGR0180 | Differentiating Crustal Fluids in the Eastern Tintina Gold Province of Alaska and Yukon: Implications for the Genesis and Distribution of Gold Ores | Not available at this time | |
| Timberley M. Roane | 06HQGR0196 | Microbial Community Structure: A Biological Assessment Tool For Metal-Impacted Watersheds in the Central Colorado Assessment Project | Not available at this time | |
| Eric Seedorff | 06HQGR0176 | Dismembered Laramide Porphyry Deposits in Southern Arizona: Links to Catalina Core Complex | Not available at this time | |
| Tom Trainor | 06HQGR0177 | Controls on Antimony Speciation and Mobility in Legacy Mine Tailings Environments: A Case Study of Mineral Occurrences in the Tintina Gold Province, Alaska and Yukon | Download 06HQGR0177 report [PDF file, 1.54 MB] |
